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"CUT AND COME AGAIN" 



SUNFLOWERS. 



{Helianthus Cucumerifolius—new types). 



These improved profuse-flowering, branching Sunflowers are 

 popular, not only for garden display, but for cut flowers. The 

 plants form bushes 3 to 4 feet high, bearing a continuous succession 

 of flowers from June until frost. The perfectly formed single or 

 double flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, are poised on long, graceful 

 stems, which "vase" beautifully. They are easily grown, com- 

 mencing to flower in a few weeks from seed. {See cut.) 

 "Cut and Come Again," mixed oz. 25c, Pkt. 5c. 



" Stella. Golden-yellow with black centre. ... oz. 30c, Pkt. 5c. 



" White Star. White with black eye oz. 50c, Pkt. 5c. 



" Sirius. Lemon, dark centre oz. 50c, Pkt. 5c. 



" Mars. Golden, dark eye oz. 50c, Pkt. 5c. 



Double "Cut and Come Again" Sunflowers. {Helianthus 



cucumerijolius, ft. pi.) Flowers 3 to 4 inches across; very double 



centres, surrounded bv a row of guard petals. 



Double Golden- Yellow Pkt. . 10c 



Double Sulphur-White. Creamy-white with yellow guard 



petals 10c 



Double Mixed "Cut and Come Again" 10c. 



TALL SINGLE SUNFLOWERS. 



Thousand-flowered Sunflower. This grows 12 to 15 feet high, 

 and from base to summit bears hundreds of branches bearing 

 a multitude of medium-sized golden-yellow flowers with small 

 black centres. As specimens in the garden it is very effective. 



25c. per oz., Pkt. 10c. 



Macrophyllus GiganteUS. A branching pyramidal-shaped plant; 

 6 feet high, immense yellow flowers 15c. per oz., Pkt. 5c. 



Silver Leaved. Silvery foliage; flowers yellow and black, very 

 beautiful 15c per oz., Pkt. 5c. 



DOUBLE ANNUAL S UNFLOWERS. 



Double Chrysanthemum-Flowered. Magnificent flowers, 6 to 8 

 inches in diameter, densely double, the petals long and fringed; color, 

 rich orange; the plants, 5 to 6 ft. high, carry manv of these noble 

 flowers " Pkt. 10c. 



"Globes of Gold" Double Dwarf Branching Sunflower. A well- 

 branched plant, 3 to 3i feet in height. Each of the numerous branches 

 carries a large, densely double globe-shaped flower of deep, rich, 

 golden-yellow color 10c 



"CUT AND COME AGAIN" SUNFLOWER. 



NEW HARDY RED SUNFLOWER. 



This sensational novelty was produced by crossing the hardy Sunflower, Helian- 

 thus Multiflorus, with an Echinacea. It grows 5 to 6 feet high and wnen established 

 bears during the season from 20 to 30 gigantic flowers 5 to S inches across, bright red 

 on the face, contrasting vividly with the yellow centre. The flowers retain their full 

 beauty on the plant for 2 to 3 weeks. This gigantic red Sunflower will be of great value 

 for the hardy garden and herbaceous border, is of scarcely less importance as a decora- 

 tive cut flower and may be cut with stems IS to 24 inches long. Plants from seeds 

 sown early in the spring may flower a little towards fall, but it is not until the second 

 year and thereafter that full perfection can be expected. 60 to 70 per cent, come true 

 from seed Pkt. 25c 



GIANT IMPERIAL SWEET SULTAN i£SS. 



These new varieties of the old Sweet Sultan are grand improvements, producing 

 long-stemmed blossoms 3 to 4 inches across, of graceful, airy effect, and most deliriously 

 flagrant. The colors are varied from glistening white through shades of red, from 

 flesh-pink to crimson and through blues from silvery-lilac to royal-purple, some of them 

 having centres of some distinct color, as violet with white centre, etc.; for bouquets, 

 vases, or as corsage flowers they are of exceptional value. If cut scarcely opened they 

 will last for ten days in water. The plants are of the easiest culture, flowering freely 

 in the garden the first summer from seed sown in the spring. They are of strong, bushy 

 form, 2 to 3 feet high. (See cut.) 



Sweet Sultan Imperial, Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



" Margaritse. Satiny-white flowers 10c 



" Chamaeleon. Bright yellow flowers 10c. 



" Favorita. Brilliant rose-colored flowers 10c. 



" Splendens. Rich dark purple 10c 



" Graziosa. Deep lilac 10c 



" Iphigenia. Delicate mauve, with large white centre 10c. 



" Gigantea. New; gigantic, pure white sweet-scented flowers on long, 



strong stalks; plant grows 4 to 5 feet high 15c. 



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